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There was a lot of trepidation on Monday after Friday's sell-off and when things didn't go from bad to worse, it has emboldened dip buyers to step in. But most of the investment community hasn't realized that the economy is slowing and that earnings are reflecting that and valuations are going to have to be adjusted.

Barry Ritholtz

There was still trepidation (last spring). I was just trying to survive.

Jeff Cirillo

From a professional standpoint, it's hard to believe that over a one-and-a-half day period the market has wrung out all its excesses, corrected itself, and it's back to up and away. So I think a lot of pros are kind of watching this rally with a little trepidation.

Michael Driscoll

Nothing prepares you for that thrill when the trucks arrive with 'your' grapes - and I'll admit there's also a moment of fear and trepidation. A 'what the hell have I done?' moment.

Andy Mitchell

When we started out, there was a lot of trepidation caused by the uncertainty. We got ahead of them and explained that is all about enhancing capacity. We need to go from 100 IT staff to 200 to take on new products but can't afford them in the U.S.

Christopher Cartwright

No! You've got to have meaning to the regular season. Right now, the balance is okay. That was my only fear when we moved to 64 teams. I was chair at the time, and I did have some trepidation that we would lessen the importance of the regular season.

Dave Gavitt

We had some trepidation at first. But the folks who run NASCAR have welcomed us in and have embraced us.

Steve Kapur

I still have a little trepidation.

Sen. Joyce Mulliken

Well, trepidation could be the term for it. Yes, we'll definitely exercise some judgment and caution with these boats. The typical Southern Ocean conditions will be rough for these boats. I think we know a little bit about them now, to be able to anticipate rough conditions and adjust the setup of the boat accordingly so we don't suffer damage.

Paul Cayard

Being at the center of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence -- the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

Daniel Day lewis

I thought we started the game slowly. We showed a little trepidation in the first five minutes. Right now we are just trying to get better and play at the level of our ability. I thought we were unselfish on offense and aggressive without being reckless on defense.

Bob Macaluso

While it is difficult to anticipate unanticipated events, investors could become increasingly concerned about oil, earnings and interest rates -- the trio of trepidation -- in the traditionally weak third quarter.

Sam Stovall

[But his trepidation passed quickly, and Goodspeed pondered the positive side.] I was like, 'OK, I'll have another fullback at camp to give me a little competition. And anytime you have competition, it makes you play better,' ... So, it works both ways.

Joey Goodspeed

Once you do that, you're coming home, ... I had a moment of reflection thinking about the Columbia crew and obviously hoping we'd make it further than they did and wishing that they'd made it all the way home. There was a little bit of trepidation there, I think, for me. I wouldn't be human otherwise.

Jim Kelly

It is important to stress, however, that the Y2K problem is not a technical issue alone. World publics must be adequately informed not only about the scale and importance of the problem, but also about its nature so that the inevitable disruptions that will occur sometime, somewhere, in the first days of the year 2000 do not trigger worldwide trepidation, or even panic.

Jonathan Spalter

I'm not very enthusiastic. I think the market is not behaving well as a whole. There's just a lot of trepidation about earnings when you look forward into the new year when the reports come in January.

Terence Gabriel

At the time of writing, there is considerable trepidation that we could be in for something even worse (than the influenza pandemic of 1918-19).

Peter Doherty

There's a lot of trepidation out there. A lot of the patients are concerned and wondering how long the clubs are going to last down there.

Dale Gieringer

There is a little bit of trepidation about getting into those kind of operations.

Marty Brown

We had some trepidation whether or not we wanted to do it because we had been in the mode of doing the other. Once we got into the very first rehearsal, it reminded us how good Mozart was, how funny and how relevant to today.

Eric Smithey

I feel a little bit like a virgin on her wedding night. It's exciting, but there's fear and trepidation to see what's coming next.

Ed Cashman